Plant Development

Adverse environmental conditions not only affect the plant´s physiology, but also have a strong impact on growth and development. The department focuses on studying the effect of adverse environmental conditions (in particular drought) on the development of vegetable crops (e.g., tomato). The department has a strong emphasis on the role of transcription factors and their gene regulatory networks to unravel the crosstalk between developmental, hormonal and stress-related signalling pathways. Translational research that considers already existing knowledge from model species is of core relevance.

Publications:

2024

• Gupta S., Petrov V., Garg V., Mueller-Roeber B., Fernie A.R., Nikoloski Z., Gechev T. (2024)
  • The genome of Haberlea rhodopensis provides insights into the mechanisms for tolerance to multiple extreme environments. Cellular and Mоlecular Life Sciences. 81: 117. (IF 8)

2023

• Dong Y., Gupta S., Wargent J., Putterill J., Macknight R., Gechev T., Mueller-Roeber B., Dijkwel P. (2023)
  • Comparative transcriptomics of multi-stress responses in Pachycladon cheesemanii and Arabidopsis thaliana. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(14): 11323. (IF 6.208)

• Fan R., Zhu C., Qiu D., Mao G., Mueller-Roeber B., Zeng J. (2023)
  • Integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses reveal key genes controlling flavonoid biosynthesis in citrus grandis ‘Tomentosa’ fruits. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 196: 210-221. (IF 5.437)

• John S., Apelt F., Kumar A., Acosta I.F, Bents D., Annunziata M.G., Fichtner F., Gutjahr C., Mueller-Roeber B., Olas J.J. (2023)
  • Transcription factor HSFA7b controls thermomemory at the shoot apical meristem by regulating ethylene biosynthesis and signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Communications. S2590-3462(23): 00289-4. (IF 10.5)

• Machens F., Ran G., Ruehmkorff C., Meyer Auf der Heyde J., Mueller-Roeber B., Hochrein L. (2023)
  • PhiReX 2.0: A Programmable and Red Light-Regulated CRISPR-dCas9 System for the Activation of Endogenous Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ACS Synthetic Biology. 12(4): 1046-1057. (IF 5.249)

2022

• Ayatollahi Z., Kazanaviciute V., Shubchynskyy V., Kvederaviciute K., Schwanninger M., Rozhon W., Stumpe M., Mauch F., Bartels S., Ulm R., Balazadeh S., Mueller-Roeber B, Meskiene I, Schweighofer A. (2022)
  • Dual control of MAPK activities by AP2C1 and MKP1 MAPK phosphatases regulates defence responses in arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany. DOI: doi: 10.1093/jxb/erac018. (IF 6.992)

2021

• John S., Jadwiga Olas, J., Mueller-Roeber B. (2021).
  • Regulation of alternative splicing in response to temperature variation in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany. 72(18): 6150–6163. (IF 6.992)

• Rasul F., Gupta S., Olas J.J., Gechev T., Sujeeth N., Mueller-Roeber B. (2021)
  • Priming with a seaweed extract strongly improves drought tolerance in Arabidopsis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22: 1469. (IF 5.923)

2020

• Faisal M., Gechev Т., Mueller-Roeber B., Dijkwel P. (2020)
  • Putative alternative translation start site-encoding nucleotides of CPR5 regulate growth and resistance. BMC Plant Biology 20(1): 295. (IF 4.215)

• Kanojia A., Gupta S., Benina M., Fernie A.R., Mueller-Roeber B., Gechev T., Dijkwel P. (2020)
  • Developmentally controlled changes during Arabidopsis leaf development indicate causes for loss of stress tolerance with age. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71: 6340–6354. (IF 6.992)

• Omidbakhshfard M.A., Sujeeth N., Gupta S., Omranian N., Guinan K.J., Brotman Y., Nikoloski Z., Fernie A.R., Mueller-Roeber B., Gechev T. (2020)
  • A biostimulant obtained from the seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum protects Arabidopsis thaliana from severe oxidative stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(2): 1–26. (IF 5.923)

• Sujeeth N., Mehterov N., Gupta S., Qureshi M.K., Fischer A., Proost S., Omidbakhshfard M.A., Obata T., Benina M., Staykov N., Balazadeh S., Walther D., Fernie A.R., Mueller-Roeber B., Hille J., Gechev T. (2020)
  • A novel seed plants gene regulates oxidative stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 77: 705–718. (IF 9.261)

2019

• Dong Y., Gupta S., Sievers R., Wargent J., Wheeler D., Putterill J., Macknight R., Gechev T., Mueller-Roeber B., Dijkwel P. (2019)
  • Genome draft of the Arabidopsis relative Pachycladon cheesemanii reveals novel strategies to tolerate New Zealand’s high Ultraviolet B radiation environment. BMC Genomics. 20(1): 838. (IF 3.501)

• Gupta S., Dong Y., Dijkwel P., Mueller-Roeber B., Gechev T. (2019)
  • Genome-wide analysis of ROS antioxidant genes in resurrection species suggest an involvement of distinct ROS detoxification systems during desiccation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(12): 3101. (IF 4.183)

• Naseri G., Behrend J., Rieper L., Mueller-Roeber B. (2019)
  • COMPASS for rapid combinatorial optimization of biochemical pathways based on artificial transcription factors. Nature Communications. 10(1): 2615. (IF 11.878)